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Most of the NOW leadership works under the umbrella of liberation theology which includes feminist theology. They believe that the Bible and the church are agents of oppression toward women and homosexuals. Probably the vast majority of NOW’s leadership is composed of lesbians. Some feminists have advocated placing a warning sign on the cover of Bibles warning women that this book is detrimental to your health. Feminists see traditional or biblical Christianity as the problem. The few feminists in NOW, if they do use the bible, use a hermeneutical principle that disgards the intentions of original authors or audiences’ for an interpretation that meets their immediate needs. In other words, you are free to interpret the bible anyway that you want as long as it conforms to felt needs.
Many of the feminists theologians that I have met, such as Sallie McFague, have moved on to panentheism or pantheism, which for them is a form of nature worship, as in Mother Nature. They worship the divinity within themselves.